Attention span

diagnosis might be given for a child with ODD-mild, who only shows symptoms at school? Simultaneously a therapist classifying a client under the disruptive, impulsive-control, and conduct disorder category, should initially eliminate the possibility of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Symptomatically, individuals who suffer from Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) or ADHD diagnostically could overlap, making it at times, difficult to distinguish the two disorders (e.g.…

I’m All Ears for Cochlears; Making Our Way to A Hearing World Imagine this, a world where people can't hear anything. Where people don't know what talking, music, or even the rustling of leaves sounds like. A deaf person lives in that world. Their world is silent. Most people get hearing loss once they grow older or are involved in some type of trauma, but what most people do not know is, “15% of children between the ages of 6-19 have a measurable hearing loss in at least one ear”…

ODD and Anxiety Many children are seen as defiant or get nervous easily, but when does oppositional behavior and anxiousness become a problem? How can someone tell if their child is suffering from a behavioral disorder? ODD is a psychosomatic disorder that falls under a group of behavioral disorders, and is commonly seen as Some symptoms or behaviors that are most commonly seen, and are important to look for are Frequent temper tantrums Refuses to obey rules Argues with adults, mainly…

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD: DSM V) is a common childhood disorder which persists into adulthood in 60 percent of the cases (de Zwaan et al., 2012; Faraone, Biederman, & Mick, 2006). Although the prior cognitive research in ADHD has focused on children, there is increasing research on adults devoted to understand the development of cognitive impairments in ADHD (Hervey, Epstein, & Curry, 2004). One important cognitive ability that seems to be compromised in ADHD is error…

There are 3 different types of ADHD that children and adults can be identified with. They are predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type, predominantly inattentive type, and combined type. Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type people tend to interrupt people, take risks, squirm or fidget, talk constantly, are impatient, blurt out answers and inappropriate comments, and act out of turn without thinking about the consequences. Since, these type of people tend to act on impulse and are hyperactive…

Childhood Apraxia of Speech Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder that involves difficulty of the brain in planning the oral movements needed to produce speech sounds. It is not a muscle weakness; the brain has problems coordinating and sequencing muscle movements to produce the sounds or words that the child is attempting to say (Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Overview, 2015). The core problem includes both input processing, as well as production. The prevalence of CAS…

Anxiety is among the most common mental health disorders in children. The National Institute of Mental Health reports that 25% of teens experience anxiety, not accounting for those who remain undiagnosed or have not yet reached out for help. Because a new school year can often worsen or trigger anxiety in children and teens, the developmental pediatrics specialists at Pediatric Associates of Fairfield recommend the following tips to help ease back-to-school jitters. Developmental Pediatrics…

Javorsky, J. (1996). An examination of youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and language learning disabilities: a clinical study. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 29(3), 247-258. Javorsky, J. (1996) performed a study with 96 children to examine the language abilities of children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, a language learning disorder, children with both disorders, and typical developmental children. The study was based on participants that were…

ADHD: Diagnosis and Treatment Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or commonly known as ADHD is a common disorder in children in the United States with approximately 9% of American children diagnosed with this disorder. ADHD diagnoses have risen from ½ million in 1987 to approximately 4.5 million in 2006. : Due to the high increase in children being diagnosed with ADHD in recent years, critics feel children are overmedicated and overdiagnosed and other treatment options should be used,…

Medicalizing Deviance: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Rachael Haub Franciscan University of Steubenville A . Hendershott 10/20/2015 Introduction Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD is a psychological disorder that results in challenges retaining attention, hyperactivity, or impulsiveness that is not appropriate for a person’s age . In children these symptoms must emerge between ages six and twelve and must last for at least six months for a diagnosis to be made . These…